तोप
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /t̪oːp/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian توپ (tōp), perhaps through Ottoman Turkish طوپ (top), from Old Turkic [script needed] (tōp), [script needed] (tolp). Compare Assamese তোপ (tüp), Kannada ತೋಪು (tōpu).
Noun
तोप • (top) f (Urdu spelling توپ)
- cannon, gun
- मैंने उसका हवाई जहाज़ विमानभेदी तोप से उड़ाया।
- ma͠ine uskā havāī jahāz vimānbhedī top se uṛāyā.
- I blew apart his airplane with my anti-aircraft cannon.
- हमारी टैंकतोड़ तोप ख़राब हो गई।
- hamārī ṭa͠iktoṛ top xarāb ho gaī.
- Our anti-tank cannon is not working.
- (Delhi, slang) cool person, badass
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | तोप top |
तोपें topẽ |
| oblique | तोप top |
तोपों topõ |
| vocative | तोप top |
तोपो topo |
Etymology 2
Inherited from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa).
Noun
तोप • (top) m (Urdu spelling توپ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | तोप top |
तोप top |
| oblique | तोप top |
तोपों topõ |
| vocative | तोप top |
तोपो topo |
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “तोप”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “तोप”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “तोप”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तोप”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press